Improvement in coffins



MQA. FROST. Coffin.

No. 215,055. Patented May 6,1879;

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IMP'ROVE MENT IN COFFINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,055, dated May 6, 1879; application filed March 26, 1879.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, MARY A. FROST, of Barnesville, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oolfins; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will en. ble' others skilled in the art to which it app'ertains to make and use the same,

reference beinghad'to the accompanying drawl in gs, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide. a coffin to beniore especially used in connection with a corpse-cooler recently devised hyme; However, said coffin is capable of general use where the ice is placed below the bottom ofthe coflin.

Figure l is a vertical cross-section. Fig. 2 is a top view, with the head portion of the lid thrown back and the cover put aside. Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-section on line war, Fig. 1.

The sides 0 c and the ends d d of the coffin A are made of wood, as shown, presenting a neat appearance.- As this coffin is 'mainly in-- tended to be placed upon areceptacle containing ice, I make the bottom a of tin or other suitable material. Said bottom may be joined to the wood-work in any proper way, and cement or putty can be used to make a tight joint, if desirable. The bottom ais entirely within the wood-work, and hence is not usually seen.

Around the upper surface of the head portion of the coffin A, I make a groove, g. 7 Above and around said groove 9, 1 place the rubber packing h butthis packing extends also ong, and, in connection with the packing h, makes a very tight joint. The coffin-lid is mainly fastened down by screws; but "thehead-lid is fastened by the staple o and spring-catch 1). Above the lid is placed the cover m, suitably grooved to pass over the hingegt;

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The wooden coffin A, furnished with a thin metallic bottom entirely within the edges of the wood-work, whereby the coflin may without injury rest directly upon ice, all as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MRs. MARY ANN FROST.

Witnesses:

R. O. GRAVES, SAMUEL L. JAMES. 

